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April 2023

A young woman walks a large blonde dog through a field of tall grasses

On the Cover

How Texans Reconnect Children With the State’s Natural Wonders

Texas offers a wealth of opportunities for kids to put down their screens and dial in to nature

By Rubén Degollado
March 28, 2023

More

Nature

In Search of Texas’ Reptilian Riches and Abundant Amphibians

By Asher Elbein
March 28, 2023

Nature

The Rio Grande Valley Is a Land of Infinite Zest

By Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
March 28, 2023

Fuel

Diego’s Food Truck Combines Local Ingredients and International Flavors in McAllen

By Cat Cardenas
March 28, 2023

Nature

Padre Island Is Ground Zero for Saving the Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

By Dan Oko
March 28, 2023

Editor's Note

Wild Child

By Emily Roberts Stone
March 28, 2023
A bison rolls in the dust in front of a group of other bison

History

What the Heck Is Cattalo?

By Mary Beth Gahan
March 28, 2023
View looking upward at Allie Victoria Tennant's "Tejas Warrior" statue and the curved exedra (semicircular architectural recess) at the front entrance of the Hall of State building at Fair Park in Dallas.

Sightseer

The Restored Hall of State Tells the Story of Texas at Fair Park

By TH Staff
March 28, 2023
A man in a black polo shirt stands at the 50-yard line of a football field

Like a Local

A Decade After the Tragic Explosion, the Central Texas Town of West Rebuilds Community

By Kathleen Kaska
March 28, 2023
An illustration of a woman with blonde hair in front of a collection of white flowers

Speaking of Texas

HGTV’s Grace Mitchell Shows and Tells How Fort Worth Is One of a Kind

By June Naylor
March 28, 2023
A vintage photograph of a man in a white shirt holding a large snake

Vintage

Snake Farms Were Big Business in the 1900s Rio Grande Valley

By Traces of Texas
March 28, 2023

The Daytripper

McLean Is an Underappreciated Route 66 Getaway

By Chet Garner
March 28, 2023

Open Road

A Texas College Student Gets in Tune With the Open Road

By Ricardo J. Rivera
March 28, 2023
A mural of a cow and turkey in a natural scene with type reading "Welcome to Cuero"

Getaway

Trot to Your Own Beat on a Weekend Getaway in Cuero

By Anthony Head
March 28, 2023
The exterior of a historic home under blue sky

Fuel

Wander the Ruins of This 150-Year-Old Brewery in La Grange

By Ruvani de Silva
March 28, 2023
A group of bright orange Monarch butterflies perched on a thin branch

Nature

The National Butterfly Center in South Texas Is at the Forefront of Efforts To Protect Butterflies

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 28, 2023

April 2023

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